and then the debt ceiling. democrats won permission to spend more money in march. congresshas the constitutional authority to set our debt ceiling and has agreed to raise it. watch for a big fight as republicans try to insttitute some sort of fiscal sense that democrats resist. the big events, but there is another one that happened today that congress did not pass a resolution to recognize that happened. you probably already know about it. the payroll tax has expired, and if you et your first paycheck today says the fiscal cliff, well, watch out. you may be shocked by then nearly 50% increase in the tax. the social security withholding tax reset. for middle-class american families earning $50,000, that means at least in $800,000 tax hike, maybe as much as a thousand bucks. if this is the first shot of about, it's not going over too well. here's what people are saying on twitter. if you're asking why my pacheck is less this week, is because you got what you asked for. on it. why is my pacheck bless thi we? because obama loves to penalize the makers and redistribute